We Don't Need No Stinking Grammar...
Jul. 11th, 2012 06:33 amA Matter of Fashion
By JOHN MCWHORTER
GRAMMAR, NINETEENTH CENTURY, WRITERS
By JOHN MCWHORTER
GRAMMAR, NINETEENTH CENTURY, WRITERS
“Much was said, and much was ate, and all went well.” Clearly this sentence was written by a fourth grader – or at best someone not ushered into acquaintance with “proper” grammar. Like, say, Jane Austen? That’s straight out of her novel “Mansfield Park.” Moar